Democracy and The Humanities

As has been previously discussed, Power entails Knowledge, and the kind of Knowledge required to maximize the Power of one's vote includes not only that of the candidates and issues, but also what is in one's own best interests, the general name of which is The Humanities.  Now, a significant deficiency in the American Education system is that even where advanced Humanities is available, it is usually as a hurdle en route to maximizing earnings. Furthermore, often compounding that subordinate status is a necessity to pay for such Education with loans, which further conditions and constrains the learning process. So, one means to the enhancement of Democracy is to detach the Humanities from career-path training, i. e. and learned for its own sake, which, in turn, requires that it be universally cost-free.  Thus, one indication of a significant shortcoming in contemporary American Democracy is that "affordable education", as a means to being "more competitive in the global job-market", is considered to be a radically progressive suggestion.